The Economy

According to the vibes, he still wins both Showcase Showdowns.

 

"OK, so that's a Dave's Double, with large fries and Coke, and a Frosty. And it's 12:15 p.m., so that'll be $37.19. Should've been here an hour ago when it was $8. Sorry."

Sometimes you just have to sit back and marvel at the stupidity of CEOs who come up with ideas like this.

https://nypost.com/2024/02/26/business/wendys-planning-surge-prices-based-on-fluctuating-demand/

 

I saw this earlier and thought to myself, "Half of the people working there screw up when you order everything from $1 menu. How they gonna hald time changes, too?"

 

It gets so hard to keep up with when capitalism is good and when it’s bad. When it’s gouging and when it’s not.

I suspect many people won’t want to pay more and will seek alternatives. I suspect some people won’t notice. And I suspect some won’t give a fuck.

And the Shitty New York Post. I’d love to know why it took three bylines to churn out that story. My guess is a reporter wrote a pretty straight story about a business plan. But someone higher up noticed it wasn’t divisive enough and certainty wouldn’t make people BIG MAD.

Well, that’s just not the way they do things. Rewrite with the agenda! Notice there are no actual numbers about what the dynamic pricing might be. Just reaction to what might happen.

The economy is rebounding and inflation is falling. Shitty New York Post to the rescue with the sweet sweet anger its readers crave.

 

But also, fuck Wendy’s.

 

Sure. This may well fail and that would be good by me. But the framing of that story is ridiculous.

 

I pulled the New York Post story because, while I know people here don't care for them, they're still fairly straightforward and informative on stuff like this. And they're at the top of the Google searches. It's a pain in the ass to hunt for a version of a news story that's from an "acceptable source."
Rest assured, the New York Post is not the only outlet reporting this.

And, since it seems appropriate in this case ... Sir, this is a Wendy's.

 

I don't pay the same price for a hotel in Naples in June as I do in February. My flight to Vegas isn't the same in August as it is in March.

I don't get the idea that dynamic pricing is evil. I understand that the policy may turn people off and hurt a business like Wendy's, but the concept isn't somehow inherently wicked and a conspiracy by big business to stick it to the little guy. Limited resources.

 

What is a happy hour if not dynamic pricing?